Accelerator foot rest



Jan. 18 1927.

1,614,638 H. c. WRISTON ACCELERATOR FOOT REST Filed Nov. 26, 1926 anvcmfo'c Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

* UNITED STATES A HENRY c. WRISTON,

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OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

ACCELERATOR FOOT REST.

Application filed November 26, 1926. Serial No. 150,888.

This invention aims to provide a simple means whereby the foot of the operator of a motor propelled vehicle may be held at adjusted heights with respect to the accelerator pedal.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description roceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the 1nvention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device con structed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical section wherein parts remain in elevation;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section showing the foot rest in its relation to the accelerator pedal;

Figure 4 is a vertical section showing a slight modification in the invention;

Figure 5 is a top plan of the structure shown in Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section showing amodification.

The numeral 1 designates the fioor board of a motor propelled vehicle, the accelerator pedal being designated by the numeral 2.

The foot rest shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings embodies a frusto-conical pedestal 3 which extends upwardly from a base plate 4. A spiral flange 5 is joined at its lower end to the base plate 4, and at its inner edge to the pedestal 3, the flange 5 winding upwardly about the pedestal 3. The foot rest is connected to the floor board 1 by a support which may be of any deslred construction. As shown in Figure 2, but not of necessity, the support 6 is in the form of a bolt fitting in a bore 17 formed in the pedestal 3, the head 7 of the bolt belng located in a recess 8 that is fashioned 1n the upper end of the pedestal 3. A compression spring 9 is located in the recess 8, the compression spring being disposed about the support 6, the upper end of the compression spring abutting against the head 7, and the lower end of the compression spring abutting against the pedestal 3, at the base of the recess 8, so as to press the base plate 4 down with a frictional hold upon the floor board 1. A nut 10 may be threaded on the bolt 6, the nut being housed within an enlarged opening 11 formed in the lower end of the pedestal 3, the nut 10 engaging the upper surface of the floor board 1. On the lower end of the bolt 6, a nut 12 is threaded, and between the nut 12 and the floor board 1 may be interposed lock washers 14 of any desired sort.

The construction of the device is such that the operator may rotate the foot rest on the support or bolt 6, so that any desired portion of the spiral flange 5 will be next to the accelerator pedal 2, it being possible for A the operator to place his foot on the flange 5 and on the accelerator pedal 2 in a horizontal position, the operator, thus, having a full and delicate control of the fuel which is fed to the engine by the accelerator pedal 2. The compression spring 9 ordinarily will hold the foot rest in any position to which it may have been adjusted circumferentially, but if any person desires a permanent mounting of the foot rest, after the foot rest has been adjusted circumferentially, such an adjustment may be obtained by inserting securing elements 16 through holes 15 in the base plate 4 and into the fioor board 1. The foot rest shown in Figures 1 and 2 may be made of any desired material such as wood, or metal, aluminum being suggested where extreme lightness is desired.

In the form shown in Figures 4 and 5, the foot rest includes a pedestal 18 having a spiral outstanding portion 19 about which is disposed a sleeve 20, the upper surface of which is of spiral form and coincides with the upper surface of the outstanding spiral portion 19, the sleeve 20 being secured to the pedestal. In this form of the invention, the pedestal 1.8 may be made of wood, and the sleeve 20 may be of rubber. The pedestal 18 has a bore 21. in which the support 22 is located, the support being, if desired, a lag screw, the head 23 of which is located in a recess 24 in the upper end of the pedestal 18, it being possible to thread the lower end of the lag screw 22 into the floor board 1. The pedestal 18 may be rotated on the lag screw 22 to dispose any part of the spiral surface next to the accelerator pedal, and when the desired adjustment has been obtained, the operator may tighten down the lag screw 22,

if he Wishes, so as to hold the pedestal in any 7 position to which it may have been rotated. It will be understood, without specific delineation, but if desired, the lag screw 22 may replace the bolt 6 in Figure 2. to its periphery, the sleeve is supplied with any desired number of inclined openings 25, through which securing elements, corresponding to the securing elements 16, may be inserted, to hold the pedestal 18 and the sleeve 20 positively against rotation.

If desired, as shown in Figure 6, the pedestal 26 may be made entirely out of rubber and be of oneepiec'e construction, the out? standing spiral surface of the pedestal be- 7 ing marked by the numeral 27. The lag screw 28 is mounted in a bore in the pedestal,

V and the head 29 of the lag screw 28 is received in a recess 30 in the upper end of the pedestal 26. The pedestal is provided at its periphery and at its lower end with openings ,31, corresponding to the openings 25 and Near 1 adapted to receive securing elements which hold the pedestal positively in place after it has been adjusted.

lVhat is claimed is r 1. A foot rest or the class described having aspiral surface, and means for mounting the foot rest for rotary adjustment.

2,. A foot rest of the class described liaving a spiral surface, means for mounting the foot rest for rotary adjustment, and spring means for holding the foot rest releasably for the aforesaid rotary adjustment.

3. A. foot rest of the class described comprising a pedal having a spiral surface, and a supportpassing through the pedestal, the foot restbeing rotatable for adjustment on the support. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my 0W11,'I have hereto aflixed my signature.

HENRY o. wnisrou 

